sopravvenuto

arisen unexpectedly, supervened

adjective soh-prahv-veh-NOO-toh Rare

Usage Note

Sopravvenuto is the past participle of sopravvenire used as an adjective. In legal Italian it frequently appears in the phrase causa sopravvenuta (a supervening cause) or evento sopravvenuto (an event arising after the original contract or judgment). Feminine: sopravvenuta; plurals are regular.

Examples

"Le circostanze sopravvenute hanno cambiato tutto."

Natural Translation

The circumstances that arose unexpectedly changed everything.

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